India, July 12 -- Former Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Vinayak Raut, his son Gitesh Raut, and several other family members have been booked after his daughter-in-law filed a complaint alleging physical and mental harassment. The FIR was registered at Kapurbawdi Police Station in Maharashtra's Thane district under multiple legal provisions, including the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and Other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act. Police have launched an investigation into the allegations.

According to the complaint, the woman alleged that she was subjected to coercive rituals and other forms of abuse in the belief that they would help her conceive. She also claimed she was forced to consume unidentified...